See What Survives (track 8 in my post-apocalyptic story)

alternative rock, post-punk, psychedelic rock

[Pre-Chorus]
Got files on bandits, military leaders, mercenary packs  
Who trades what, who stabs backs  
But this kid with his naïve grin  
Trading salvage from a tin-can bin  
He sees ruins... I see chess

[Chorus]
Yeah I wear the badge but it's camouflage  
Got a different kind of damage  
Watching you walk through the wreckage  
With that hopeful light  
Might just rewrite this dead world tonight  
So let's ride into the burning white  
See what survives

[Verse 2]
He talks 'bout finding pre-war gold  
I'm counting chopper patrols  
Points west where shady figures' creepin'  
While he's fixin' broken water seepin'  
Thinks I'm backup with a steady aim  
Doesn't see the strategic game  
Mapping power grids in my head  
As he shares his last piece of bread

[Pre-Chorus]
He names stars like they're old friends  
I name every faction's ends  
That glow in his 19-year-old eyes?  
Could be the flame where empires rise  
Or where they burn

]Chorus]  
Yeah I wear the badge but it's camouflage  
Got a different kind of damage  
Watching you walk through the wreckage  
With that hopeful light  
Might just rewrite this dead world tonight  
So let's ride into the burning white  
See what survives

[Bridge] 
Two centuries of ash and lies  
Learned truth wears clever disguises  
So let 'em see the guard, the gun  
While I watch you outrun  
Every trap I ever knew  
Your innocence cuts deeper than rad-blue  
Maybe hope's not extinct after all  
Just waiting for the right fall...  
Of dominoes

[Chorus]  
So I'll wear the badge as camouflage  
Trade security for damage  
Walking with you through the wreckage  
By that reckless light  
Gonna rewrite this dead world right  
Yeah we'll ride into the burning white  
See what survives  
See what survives  
See what survives...

[Outro]
Check the perimeter... clear  
Kid... let's disappear  
Into tomorrow.

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[Verse 1] Concrete canyons breathe irradiated dust Watchtower shadows in the rust Got a rifle slung across my back But my real weapon? The things they lack See patrol routes scribbled on my palm While scanning frequencies for calm Before the storm I know is brewin' In this graveyard where the ghosts are doin' All the talking [Pre-Chorus] Got files on bandits, military leaders, mercenary packs Who trades what, who stabs backs But this kid with his naïve grin Trading salvage from a tin-can bin He sees ruins... I see chess [Chorus] Yeah I wear the badge but it's camouflage Got a different kind of damage Watching you walk through the wreckage With that hopeful light Might just rewrite this dead world tonight So let's ride into the burning white See what survives [Verse 2] He talks 'bout finding pre-war gold I'm counting chopper patrols Points west where shady figures' creepin' While he's fixin' broken water seepin' Thinks I'm backup with a steady aim Doesn't see the strategic game Mapping power grids in my head As he shares his last piece of bread [Pre-Chorus] He names stars like they're old friends I name every faction's ends That glow in his 19-year-old eyes? Could be the flame where empires rise Or where they burn ]Chorus] Yeah I wear the badge but it's camouflage Got a different kind of damage Watching you walk through the wreckage With that hopeful light Might just rewrite this dead world tonight So let's ride into the burning white See what survives [Bridge] Two centuries of ash and lies Learned truth wears clever disguises So let 'em see the guard, the gun While I watch you outrun Every trap I ever knew Your innocence cuts deeper than rad-blue Maybe hope's not extinct after all Just waiting for the right fall... Of dominoes [Chorus] So I'll wear the badge as camouflage Trade security for damage Walking with you through the wreckage By that reckless light Gonna rewrite this dead world right Yeah we'll ride into the burning white See what survives See what survives See what survives... [Outro] Check the perimeter... clear Kid... let's disappear Into tomorrow.

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